Sale-A-Bration Banner Blast Easy to Stamp Card

This is a late post for me.. but it is still Monday, so...Happy Monday! That's what I tell myself to give me the extra boost of energy to get back into the work frame of mind. Yesterday, even my 10 year said, "I hate Sunday afternoons?" I asked why, and he said because it means we go back to school tomorrow. I think we just love being home together and moving at our own schedules. I'm fine once I get to work. I love the kids and people I work with! I think I just want longer weekends (he-he) I may be just a tad bit spoiled from all of the snow days we've had...so I'm not use to the 5 day work week yet! Lol!

I did get some stamping done over the weekend. Lots, actually so that always makes me feel good. I made this card using a few items from the Sale-A-Bration brochure (Banner Blast stamp set, Banner Punch, and Decorative Dots Embossing Folder). I also gave my new Texture Boutique Embossing Machine a try. It is quick, light weight and easy to use. My 7 year old and I were busy putting together some card kits that I had left over from my downline meeting. This is one of the cards from the meeting. I thought it would be a fun quick and easy card idea for a Paper Party (Workshop). Have you gotten any Sale-A-Bration (SAB) stamp sets yet? It's not too late. Place a $50.00 order and then you can select an item from the SAB Brochure. Get started HERE!

Card Recioe:
Banner Blast stamp set
Whisper White, Strawberry Slush card stock
Strawberry Slush and Coastal Cabana ink

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A Glimmery Valentine's Day

Happy Heart Day! 

Can you say "Glimmer?" I put a lot of glimmer into this years Valentine's Day cards and am very pleased with how they each turned out. This first one is for my hubby. Sometimes I need a bit of inspiration to get started stamping...and today was one of those days. I came across this wonderful card on my blog hopping trails. It was inspired by Chat's lovely card. See it HERE. I love cards that are both simple and elegant. I changed the color scheme and used Designer Series paper in place of stamping the background and of course I added a glimmery heart. I used the new Boutique Embossing machine for my dry embossing. It was super easy. Lots more winding of the handle but super easy to pull out and use. I will definitely be taking it with me to my upcoming Paper Parties. This card also uses a Your So Lovely, Sale-A-Bration stamp set,  Gorgeous Grunge, and the Chevron background stamp.

This card, I made for my darling daughter. It was inspired by Ilina Crouse. She is an amazing stamper. See her original card HERE. I love the sentiment from the Vivid Vases single stamp. I used my Stampin' Write marker and inked up just the wording. It's a pretty simple and clean looking card, just what I was in the mood for. I hope my Zoë girl likes it!

I made a few of these cards for my boys. It is a 4" X 4" size card. Perfect for my little boys. They will be happy with this small size. I decided to layer the glimmer paper for this one. I love the way the silver glimmer paper makes the red stand out. The pattern paper is from the Fresh Prints Designer Series Paper Pack  (132996) in the Occasions catalog. The stack has so many pretty pages to choose from and so many with the color red. This one here became my instant favorite. I also used it on the card for my hubby. Again, I used the sentiment from the Vivid Vases (133818)  single stamp.

Well, I am off to get our busy day started. We will be having heart shaped waffles just before I run off to work. We have a 2 hour delay due to all of yesterday and this morning's snow. My lucky kiddos have the day off and get to stay home with my hubby. Hope you are enjoying Valentine's Day with your loved ones.

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A Little Sale-A-Bration 2014 Fun!

Happy Monday. I had such a creative and crafty weekend. On Saturday, I had my After Christmas scrapbook class. I'll share the pages later this week. Yesterday, I had a meeting with my downline. Usually there is a small group of us but yesterday was more intimate than ever. There were just two of us but we talked and stamped and had a ball anyway. We made a couple of cards and used one of the See Ya Later Sale-A-Bration stamp set for this card. This card was so easy and fun to make it also uses the Starburst Framelits Dies: Page 34 $26.95 (132967). I cased it from Amy Koenders original card. You can see it HERE. I thought it was genius of her to create a card using different hues of the same color. I fell in love with it right away and decided to copy it. The only element I changed, was adding Crisp Canteloupe twine.

I decided to stick with the same layout and made this card for a colleague. He and his wife just had a baby boy so I thought this would be a fitting card. Hope they like it. Hope your Monday is going well! SaleA-Bration starts on January 28th..Just two days away. For every $50.00 you spend you get to select one of the awesome Sale-A-Bration items. There are so many fun items to choose from you will have a hard time trying to narrow your choice.

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Maureen